Name Doug Decatur | ||
Books Behind-the-scenes Baseball: Real-life Applications of Statistical Analysis Actually Used by Major League Teams and Other Stories from the Inside | ||
Doug Decatur is a baseball writer and one of the pioneers of the modern age of baseball analysis.
Career
Beginning in 1984, he worked as a statistical consultant to five major league baseball teams: Cincinnati Reds; Milwaukee Brewers; Chicago Cubs; Houston Astros; and Atlanta Braves.
Decatur is author of Behind-the-Scenes-Baseball and Traded, both published by ACTA Sports, Chicago Illinois. Traded was ranked by Author Ron Kaplan as the 157th must read baseball book of all-time in Kaplan's book titled, 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die.
The movie and book Moneyball was vindication for all early statistical pioneers in major league baseball.
References
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